[flexcoders] Flex builder automation?
Hello, Is it possible to setup an automation task to do this... 1. Open Project Properties of a Flex Library Project 2. Deselect all items in the Classes tab 3. Reselect all items in the Classes tab 4. Deselect assets in the Classes tab 5. *Reselect all but 'com' in the Assets tab* 6. Click ok so the library gets rebuilt 7. Run a Project Clean Thanks, Nick
[flexcoders] Combo and mouse roulette wheel selection
Hello, I have a combo in my Flex Application. I want to navigate into the combo when the user is using the mouse roulette wheel selection. How to add this functionality ? Thank you, Christophe,
[flexcoders] Credit Card number encryption
Hello, I use Flex and Amfphp with php / mySql. In the database, I want to encrypt Credit card number with MD5. How to add this functionnality ? Thank you, Christophe,
[flexcoders] Re: Future Of Flex Developers?
Hi Pravin, Another thing for you to consider is that due to Adobe's dropping the name Flex Builder in favor of Flash Builder, obviously the future for Flex developers is rather gloomy, as they should be called Flash developers!!! Of course this is a bitter joke, but as you ask: ...which will I guess help lot of confused minds. I feel we are already confused enough. LOL Thanks George --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, p...@... Uttarwar pravinuttar...@... wrote: Hi Guys, I don't know whether this is the right place to ask question like this or not. I am working on Flex from last couple of years and as far as current market requirements, It seems that the demand of flex developers is quite high. But still I want to know from all of you the answer to this question which will I guess help lot of confused minds. Also If got time please go through the link and answer this question: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JNW6MQL Thanks Regards, Pravin Uttarwar
[flexcoders] Module Memory Leaks
Getting modules to fully unload has been something I've spent (wasted?) a good deal of time on in the past and I've just finished reading with great interest, Alex's article on the subject: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2009/08/what_we_know_about_unloading_m.html My question is - how much of this is resolved in Flex 4? Because if most or all of the issues have been addressed, I'll simply abandon my Flex 3 development of module-based applications and move to Flex 4 right now, especially given that Flex 4's release is imminent (early spring?). Of particular concern is the bit in Alex's article about unloading images and the fact that image assets could be loaded via Stylesheets, etc. Jeff Battershall Application Architect Dow Jones Indexes jeff.battersh...@dowjones.com (609) 520-5637 (p) (484) 477-9900 (c)
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Future Of Flex Developers?
GeorgeB wrote: Hi Pravin, Another thing for you to consider is that due to Adobe's dropping the name Flex Builder in favor of Flash Builder, obviously the future for Flex developers is rather gloomy, as they should be called Flash developers!!! I don't think being a Flex developer has anything to do with Adobe's product name - we will still be using the Flex framework. Sadly it all goes to show how Adobe's naming strategy is a branding mess. Of course this is a bitter joke, but as you ask: ...which will I guess help lot of confused minds. I feel we are already confused enough. LOL Thanks George --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, p...@... Uttarwar pravinuttar...@... wrote: Hi Guys, I don't know whether this is the right place to ask question like this or not. I am working on Flex from last couple of years and as far as current market requirements, It seems that the demand of flex developers is quite high. But still I want to know from all of you the answer to this question which will I guess help lot of confused minds. Also If got time please go through the link and answer this question: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JNW6MQL Thanks Regards, Pravin Uttarwar -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
[flexcoders] One Problem Solution Leads To An Even Worse Problem - Collecting Garbage
I've recently been having java heap space errors when attempting to save and run a big application leading to out of memory errors and have tried resizing my permsize etc in the flexbuilder.ini file but now whenever I try to switch to design view on this project I get the message:- An internal error occurred during collecting garbage Followed by:- Unable to create native thread So I basically can't access design view now and am working blins :-( Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem or perhaps let me know the default values that come in the flexbuilder.ini file of flexbuilder 3.2? Here's what I've modified it to look like so far:- -vmargs -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:PermSize=512m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
[flexcoders] Re: Future Of Flex Developers?
Exactly Paul! I am now using Flex Builder3.x and will (when time comes) upgrade to whatever they call it. As I will have to. Obviously! The only question I have for the time being (but will have to wait) is what will be the upgrade policy from 3 to 4? As I mentioned elsewhere I have been invoiced close to 700 euros (including VAT) locally for this software and I don't want to face any surprises on this subject, because a name was changed.. Thanks George --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews p...@... wrote: GeorgeB wrote: Hi Pravin, Another thing for you to consider is that due to Adobe's dropping the name Flex Builder in favor of Flash Builder, obviously the future for Flex developers is rather gloomy, as they should be called Flash developers!!! I don't think being a Flex developer has anything to do with Adobe's product name - we will still be using the Flex framework. Sadly it all goes to show how Adobe's naming strategy is a branding mess. Of course this is a bitter joke, but as you ask: ...which will I guess help lot of confused minds. I feel we are already confused enough. LOL Thanks George --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Pr@ Uttarwar pravinuttarwar@ wrote: Hi Guys, I don't know whether this is the right place to ask question like this or not. I am working on Flex from last couple of years and as far as current market requirements, It seems that the demand of flex developers is quite high. But still I want to know from all of you the answer to this question which will I guess help lot of confused minds. Also If got time please go through the link and answer this question: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JNW6MQL Thanks Regards, Pravin Uttarwar -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
[flexcoders] Re: A security question...
You need to set the correct channel for the remoting operation.
In my case I am using WebORB. In my remoting-config.xml I can set the
destination node to use whichever channel that I want to use.
For example:
destination id=MySecureDestination
channels
channel ref=my-secure-amf/
/channels
properties
sourceExamples.Accounts/source
/properties
/destination
You could also do it directly in ActionScript without a
remoting-config.xml file:
channelSet = new ChannelSet();
amfChannel = new AMFChannel(my-secure-amf,
https://myserver.com/WebORB/weborb.php;);
channelSet.addChannel(amfChannel);
myService = new RemoteObject();
myService.channelSet = channelSet;
myService.destination = Examples.Accounts;
myService.requestTimeout = 30;
myService.getData.addEventListener(ResultEvent.RESULT, resultHandler);
myService.addEventListener(FaultEvent.FAULT, faultHandler);
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Laurence lmacne...@... wrote:
So, let's say I have a mx:RemoteObject in my program... I want it
to communicate with the server via SSL, or some other method whereby the
credit-card numbers it sends to-and-from the server are encrypted.
Here's how it's structured currently:
mx:RemoteObject id=roPaymentInfo destination=ColdFusion
showBusyCursor=true source={'cfcs.dao.PaymentsDAO'}
mx:method name=getPayments
result=roGetPaymentsResultHandler(event)
fault=roFaultHandler(event)/
mx:method name=addPayment
result=roAddPaymentResultHandler(event)
fault=roFaultHandler(event)/
/mx:RemoteObject
Do I have to make my entire program secure via an https:// in the URL,
or is there a way to encrypt just that one mx:RemoteObject? If there
is a way to secure just the one object, how is that done?
Thanks,
Laurence MacNeill
Mableton, Georgia, USA
Re: [SPAM] [flexcoders] Animating items in a tilelist when filtering arraycollection
I'm sorry. I obviously didn't explain myself very well. I really need a self
contained application that will run without modification and shows the problem.
This way I can copy/paste or import into FB and play with it until I get it to
work (Or give up).
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, ZIONIST stinas...@... wrote:
okay this is exactly what am doing. i have an arraycollection(dataAr) that is
populated by data from a database. i have a multiple filter function that i
use to filter the arraycollection(dataAr) and each time its filtered i
refresh it. i then assign the filtered arraycollection(dataAr) to a new
arraycollection(copydataAr), which i use as the dataprovider for the
tilelist. here is a snippet of the code.
[Bindable]
private var dataAr:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection;
public function displayResult(event:ResultEvent):void{
dataAr = new ArrayCollection((event.result as
ArrayCollection).source);
}
private function filterGrid():void{
dataAr.filterFunction=myFilterFunction;
dataAr.refresh();
}
private function myFilterFunction(item:Object): Boolean{
return(item.city == selectedCity || selectedCity == All)
(item.location == selectedLocation || selectedLocation ==
All)
(item.bedrooms = selectedbdrm || selectedbdrm == -- Choose
One --)
(item.bathrooms = selectedbathrm || selectedbathrm == --
Choose One --)
(item.category == category.selectedValue)
(!garageSelected || item.garages)
(!tileflrSelected || item.tile_floor)
(!hardwoodflrSelected || item.hardwood_floor)
(!laminateflrSelected || item.laminate_floor)
(!balconySelected || item.balcony)
(!yardSelected || item.backyard)
(!closetSelected || item.closets)
(!poolSelected || item.pool);
}
private var selectedCity : String = All;
private var selectedLocation : String = All;
private var selectedValue: Boolean;
private var selectedbdrm : String = -- Choose One --;
private var selectedbathrm : String = -- Choose One --;
private var poolSelected: Boolean = false;
private var yardSelected: Boolean = false;
private var closetSelected: Boolean = false;
private var garageSelected: Boolean = false;
private var tileflrSelected: Boolean = false;
private var hardwoodflrSelected: Boolean = false;
private var laminateflrSelected: Boolean = false;
private var balconySelected: Boolean = false;
private function cityChangeHandler(event:Event):void{
if( city_cb.selectedItem != null )
selectedCity = city_cb.selectedLabel;
filterGrid();
currentState = '';
}
private function locationChangeHandler(event:Event):void{
if( lct_cb.selectedItem != null )
selectedLocation = lct_cb.selectedLabel;
filterGrid();
currentState = '';
}
private function bedroomChangeHandler(event:Event):void{
if( room_cb.selectedItem != null )
selectedbdrm = room_cb.selectedLabel;
filterGrid();
currentState = '';
}
private function bathroomChangeHandler(event:Event):void{
if( bath_cb.selectedItem != null )
selectedbathrm = bath_cb.selectedLabel;
filterGrid();
currentState = '';
}
private function categoryChangeHandler(event:Event):void{
if(category.selectedValue != null)
selectedValue = category.selectedValue;
filterGrid();
currentState = '';
vidz.player.stop();
}
private function poolFilter():void{
poolSelected = pool_ckb.selected;
filterGrid();
currentState = '';
}
private function yardFilter():void{
yardSelected = yard_ckb.selected;
filterGrid();
currentState = '';
}
private function closetFilter():void{
closetSelected = closet_ckb.selected;
filterGrid();
currentState = '';
}
private function garageFilter():void{
garageSelected = garage_ckb.selected;
filterGrid();
currentState = '';
}
private function tileflrFilter():void{
tileflrSelected = floor_tiles.selected;
filterGrid();
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Future Of Flex Developers?
GeorgeB wrote: Exactly Paul! I am now using Flex Builder3.x and will (when time comes) upgrade to whatever they call it. As I will have to. Obviously! The only question I have for the time being (but will have to wait) is what will be the upgrade policy from 3 to 4? As I mentioned elsewhere I have been invoiced close to 700 euros (including VAT) locally for this software and I don't want to face any surprises on this subject, because a name was changed.. I think there won't be a problem with the upgrade path, though the cost will be an interesting question.. Thanks George --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews p...@... wrote: GeorgeB wrote: Hi Pravin, Another thing for you to consider is that due to Adobe's dropping the name Flex Builder in favor of Flash Builder, obviously the future for Flex developers is rather gloomy, as they should be called Flash developers!!! I don't think being a Flex developer has anything to do with Adobe's product name - we will still be using the Flex framework. Sadly it all goes to show how Adobe's naming strategy is a branding mess. Of course this is a bitter joke, but as you ask: ...which will I guess help lot of confused minds. I feel we are already confused enough. LOL Thanks George --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Pr@ Uttarwar pravinuttarwar@ wrote: Hi Guys, I don't know whether this is the right place to ask question like this or not. I am working on Flex from last couple of years and as far as current market requirements, It seems that the demand of flex developers is quite high. But still I want to know from all of you the answer to this question which will I guess help lot of confused minds. Also If got time please go through the link and answer this question: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JNW6MQL Thanks Regards, Pravin Uttarwar -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
[flexcoders] Re: Credit Card number encryption
http://php.net/manual/en/function.md5.php --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Christophe christophe_jacque...@... wrote: Hello, I use Flex and Amfphp with php / mySql. In the database, I want to encrypt Credit card number with MD5. How to add this functionnality ? Thank you, Christophe,
[flexcoders] ArrayCollection of a specific type?
Hello, Is it possible to specifc a class property to be an ArrayCollection of a certain Interface rather than just an ArrayCollection? Thanks, Nick
[flexcoders] Re: One Problem Solution Leads To An Even Worse Problem - Collecting Garbage
This blog may help (Although I have never had your problem - touch wood): http://nwebb.co.uk/blog/?p=156 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, James garymoorcroft_...@... wrote: I've recently been having java heap space errors when attempting to save and run a big application leading to out of memory errors and have tried resizing my permsize etc in the flexbuilder.ini file but now whenever I try to switch to design view on this project I get the message:- An internal error occurred during collecting garbage Followed by:- Unable to create native thread So I basically can't access design view now and am working blins :-( Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem or perhaps let me know the default values that come in the flexbuilder.ini file of flexbuilder 3.2? Here's what I've modified it to look like so far:- -vmargs -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:PermSize=512m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
Re: [flexcoders] Re: A security question...
On 2/11/10, valdhor wrote: You could also do it directly in ActionScript without a remoting-config.xml file: channelSet = new ChannelSet(); amfChannel = new AMFChannel(my-secure-amf, https://myserver.com/WebORB/weborb.php;); That should be: amfChannel = new SecureAMFChannel(..., https://...;); Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/
Re: [flexcoders] A security question...
On 2/11/10, Booking Heaven wrote: The best thing you have to do is you should encrypt it in client side before it is passed to webservice (whatever it is, https or http) because man in middle attack can tap your creditcard information before it is passed to webservice. With the method proposed the Flash Player plugin will hand the data off to the browser and the browser will encrypt it using SSL and send it to the webservice. Are you suggesting that there may be a man in the middle between the Flash Player plugin and the browser? It seems a bit of a far fetched scenario. Surely a simple keylogger would be much more likely as an attack vector. Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/
[flexcoders] Re: ArrayCollection of a specific type?
You want something like Java 5 generics... sorry to say Actionscript does not have it, so you are stuck with type-casting the members of your collection. Here's a link to an article that outlines the differences between Java 5 and Actionscript: http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/actionscript.html --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nick Middleweek n...@... wrote: Hello, Is it possible to specifc a class property to be an ArrayCollection of a certain Interface rather than just an ArrayCollection? Thanks, Nick
Re: [flexcoders] Credit Card number encryption
As far as I am aware you aren't allowed to store credit card numbers yourself without a weekly security audit from the card issuer...
[flexcoders] Panel BackgroundImage
Good Day,
I thought this was simple, I have a xml feed coming in and all the data is
working fine, except for one. I am displaying the data in a Panel and each
panel can have a different background image :
backgroundImage={imageRepeater.currentItem.background}
in the xml : backgroundimages/backgroungLeftLogo.jpg/background
but I get unable to load error any ideas?
Yes I have a images folder in the root of the site in iis
Thanks,
Darrin
[flexcoders] Re: ArrayCollection of a specific type?
I make custom wrappers for all my AC's So instead of getItemAt() : Object I have getCustomTypeAt() : CustomType etc. Its a 10 second copy paste job and well worth it esp when you plan on using this collection more than once. The Web Services AS proxy generation does this. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nick Middleweek n...@... wrote: Hello, Is it possible to specifc a class property to be an ArrayCollection of a certain Interface rather than just an ArrayCollection? Thanks, Nick
[flexcoders] Re: Limited Heap Space Problem
'New' and '2Gb of ram' is an oxymoron in 2010 :) buy some RAM. 2 Gb for serious flex work doesnt cut it. My Flex/Flash Builder uses easily uses a gig. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, James garymoorcroft_...@... wrote: Ok I've managed to find the file which controls the heap space which Flex Builder allows called the FlexBuilder.ini file in Computer/C/ProgramFiles(86)/Adobe/Flex Builder 3/ but the problem is I can't raise the xms and xmx attributes above 512 as when I try to start Flex I get the message Unable to load the java virtual machine and then a window comes up with a message of JVM terminted. Exit code=1 But if I leave both values at 512 it works fine but I get an out of memory error whenever I run a big application I've made. This is why I wanted to increase them to 1024 like I have done with the perm sizes to solve this out of memory error. Does anyone know why this is happening? My system is quite new and has 2gb of RAM. The contents of my flexbuilder.ini file are:- -vmargs -Xms512m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m -XX:PermSize=1024m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
[flexcoders] HTTPService return times Air vs Flash
Web based flex applications seem to take magnitudes longer to return a result than do Air based application. I've tried with HTTPService and URLLoader components and it is the same. I've created one small air application and one small web based flex app identical. Air app is almost instantaneous while the web page based app (Firefox) takes noticeably longer. My guess is that browser mechanics (security, etc) is the culprit. Any suggestions or comments? Thanks, -- Warm Regards, Lee
Re: [flexcoders] Credit Card number encryption
W.R. de Boer wrote: As far as I am aware you aren't allowed to store credit card numbers yourself without a weekly security audit from the card issuer... I don't think that is the case. You need to have a business use for storing credit card data and of course, it then needs to be encrypted and only certain parts of allowed to be stored. For instance, CVV2 or track discretionary data storage is a no, no. https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/pci_dss.shtml -- Warm Regards, Lee
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Future Of Flex Developers?
I'm developing Flex 3 apps in FlashBuilder 4 beta 2, right now - not too many probs On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:15 AM, GeorgeB grg_b...@yahoo.com wrote: Exactly Paul! I am now using Flex Builder3.x and will (when time comes) upgrade to whatever they call it. As I will have to. Obviously! The only question I have for the time being (but will have to wait) is what will be the upgrade policy from 3 to 4? As I mentioned elsewhere I have been invoiced close to 700 euros (including VAT) locally for this software and I don't want to face any surprises on this subject, because a name was changed.. Thanks George --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews p...@... wrote: GeorgeB wrote: Hi Pravin, Another thing for you to consider is that due to Adobe's dropping the name Flex Builder in favor of Flash Builder, obviously the future for Flex developers is rather gloomy, as they should be called Flash developers!!! I don't think being a Flex developer has anything to do with Adobe's product name - we will still be using the Flex framework. Sadly it all goes to show how Adobe's naming strategy is a branding mess. Of course this is a bitter joke, but as you ask: ...which will I guess help lot of confused minds. I feel we are already confused enough. LOL Thanks George --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, p...@uttarwar pravinuttarwar@ wrote: Hi Guys, I don't know whether this is the right place to ask question like this or not. I am working on Flex from last couple of years and as far as current market requirements, It seems that the demand of flex developers is quite high. But still I want to know from all of you the answer to this question which will I guess help lot of confused minds. Also If got time please go through the link and answer this question: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JNW6MQL Thanks Regards, Pravin Uttarwar -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
Re: [flexcoders] Credit Card number encryption
Lee Jenkins wrote: W.R. de Boer wrote: As far as I am aware you aren't allowed to store credit card numbers yourself without a weekly security audit from the card issuer... I don't think that is the case. You need to have a business use for storing credit card data and of course, it then needs to be encrypted and only certain parts of allowed to be stored. For instance, CVV2 or track discretionary data storage is a no, no. So how do companies like amazon keep card info for future use? https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/pci_dss.shtml -- Warm Regards, Lee -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
[flexcoders] Re: Credit Card number encryption
Christophe, MD5 is a one way hash so it's not like you can use the number meaningfully later on or get the card number back. There are other alternatives to credit card processing...payments gateways. Sorry to toot my own horn here, but we use Google checkout and Paypal simply because we don't want to get into that complication and we want the shoppers to feel secure about there purchase. Have you considered using those? Flexdownloads.com has those integration components for flex. You can also evaluate using Credit card acceptance thru paypal. We don't have any integration components for that, but it should be easy to do that, and it will be a more secure buying experience for your shoppers. Good luck...and I believe others have already sent you the link on php md5 command...its simply one line. Web Manager FlexDownloads.com --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Christophe christophe_jacque...@... wrote: Hello, I use Flex and Amfphp with php / mySql. In the database, I want to encrypt Credit card number with MD5. How to add this functionnality ? Thank you, Christophe,
Re: [flexcoders] HTTPService return times Air vs Flash
Lee Jenkins wrote: Web based flex applications seem to take magnitudes longer to return a result than do Air based application. I've tried with HTTPService and URLLoader components and it is the same. I've created one small air application and one small web based flex app identical. Air app is almost instantaneous while the web page based app (Firefox) takes noticeably longer. My guess is that browser mechanics (security, etc) is the culprit. Any suggestions or comments? I take this back. My mistake and should have checked it before posting, but the truth is that Air applications run from the IDE are magnitudes faster that web page based flex app run from the IDE. When testing response times with the COMPILED web based flex app OUTSIDE of the IDE, the difference was noticeable, but negligent. -- Warm Regards, Lee
[flexcoders] Re: Credit Card number encryption
PCI Compliance is a nightmare. ;) I'm sure Amazon.com goes through the process of being PCI compliant; and has high level security for storing and encrypting credit cards. For example, I'm sure their credit card storage machines are in a secure building [with guards and limited access] on machines that are only accessible by sitting at the machine or via a secure VPN connection. And I'm sure routine audits are done by outside companies, although I don't know the frequency they need to occur. Additionally, every time they release new code; it needs to be reviewed by some party independent of the developer. Etc.. etc.. Putting together a PCI compliant environment is easily a $100K proposition if you aren't storing credit cards. I'm sure Amazon.com spends much more than that on a yearly basis. For the rest of us go to a company like Authorize.net [or similar] that provides subscription billing services. We never have access to the CC ata, just some unique customer ID that we can use for billing subscription services. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews p...@... wrote: Lee Jenkins wrote: W.R. de Boer wrote: As far as I am aware you aren't allowed to store credit card numbers yourself without a weekly security audit from the card issuer... I don't think that is the case. You need to have a business use for storing credit card data and of course, it then needs to be encrypted and only certain parts of allowed to be stored. For instance, CVV2 or track discretionary data storage is a no, no. So how do companies like amazon keep card info for future use? https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/pci_dss.shtml -- Warm Regards, Lee -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Alternative FAQ location: https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
[flexcoders] ArrayCollection, addAll and Refresh
I understand that ArrayCollection.addAll was added in flex sdk 3.4. I'm coding
a simple application and I'm hitting this problem. I would like to ask if
anyone knows what's happening:
Here's the source, just a simple mxml:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
creationComplete=creationComplete()
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
private var a:Array = [
{ key: a, value: b },
{ key: a, value: b },
{ key: a, value: x },
{ key: a, value: b }
];
private var b:Array = [
{ key: b, value: c },
{ key: b, value: x },
{ key: b, value: c },
{ key: b, value: c }
];
private var c:Array = [
{ key: d, value: x },
{ key: d, value: e },
{ key: d, value: e },
{ key: d, value: e }
];
[Bindable] public var xx:ArrayCollection = new
ArrayCollection();
public function creationComplete():void {
var i:int;
xx.filterFunction = filter;
xx.addAll(new ArrayCollection(a));
/*for (i = 0; i a.length; i++) {
xx.addItem(a[i]);
}*/
trace(Refresh is + xx.refresh());
xx.addAll(new ArrayCollection(b));
/*for (i = 0; i b.length; i++) {
xx.addItem(b[i]);
}*/
trace(Refresh is + xx.refresh());
xx.addAll(new ArrayCollection(c));
/*for (i = 0; i c.length; i++) {
xx.addItem(c[i]);
}*/
trace(Refresh is + xx.refresh());
}
private function filter(item:*):Boolean {
if (item.value == x) return false;
return true;
}
]]
/mx:Script
mx:DataGrid id=dg dataProvider={xx}/mx:DataGrid
/mx:Application
When I compile and run I get:
RangeError: Index '5' specified is out of bounds.
What I'm doing basically is to add some random array of objects into an
ArrayCollection binded to the DataGrid. And because there is a filter function
associated with the ArrayCollection, I call refresh() every time something is
added. The original use case is that this is like a drop object method for the
datagrid, so it's possible for it to be called multiple times.
I'm just curious why is this happening. Is this the desired behaviour? I'll
look into the source code later when I'm free, but this is just to get a
general feeling of the problem.
Re: [flexcoders] How do create two different charts?
Thanks so much! I will try that. Pat From: Richard Rodseth rrods...@gmail.com To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, February 10, 2010 4:52:30 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How do create two different charts? Quick answer, and I may not have time to follow up with more detail . You can have different series types within the same chart definition. In other words, an mx:ColumnSeries element doesn't have to be inside an mx:ColumnChart element. So just use an mx:CartesianChart (I believe that's what it's called) and add the series you need. Of course, the devil's in the details, but that might get you started. On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Patricia Han flex...@yahoo. com wrote: Hi All, Has anyone done creating two different types of charts in the same scale? I need to draw a stacked area chart and a line chart on the same chart area. But I don't know how to do that. Can someone give some advice? Or some examples? Thanks so much for any advance or suggestion. Pat.
[flexcoders] Re: CROSS-DOMAIN POLICY HELP PLEASE!!!
Okay well, thanks everyone for your help, but I got too frustrated with figuring it out so my last resort is just have to upload my php files to the server and call them with a url so I don't get the sandbox error with testing them locally. This sucks that I get the error locally, I hope Flash Builder works this out when released. Thanks again. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui aha...@... wrote: Timing is important, and so is configuration. If you launch the app via file:// then you need the put the folder in the FlashPlayerTrust file(s). If you are launching the app via http:// then you need a crossdomain.xml file on the root of www.MyDomainName.com and make sure it gets loaded before the request for the image. I've never bothered to figure out when you have to use a LoaderContext and when the player will automatically look for crossdomain.xml. It might be documented in the security whitepapers on the Adobe sight On 2/10/10 2:36 PM, s_hernandez01 s_hernande...@... wrote: Yup tried that and no luck either. I even tried using Security.loadPolicyFile(http://www.MyDomainName.com/crossdomain.xml;); to push it to the flash player since I put the * in the cross domain and still keep getting the error. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Adnan Doric astronaute@ wrote: On 10/02/2010 23:14, s_hernandez01 wrote: Well, I'm using Flex 3 and the sandbox error pops up when I run it from Flex. URL should be file:///something if you want it to work. You can also try to put a * in your crossdomain.xml and start from there if it works. -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
Re: [flexcoders] HTTPService return times Air vs Flash
Lee Jenkins wrote: Lee Jenkins wrote: Web based flex applications seem to take magnitudes longer to return a result than do Air based application. I've tried with HTTPService and URLLoader components and it is the same. I've created one small air application and one small web based flex app identical. Air app is almost instantaneous while the web page based app (Firefox) takes noticeably longer. My guess is that browser mechanics (security, etc) is the culprit. Any suggestions or comments? I take this back. My mistake and should have checked it before posting, but the truth is that Air applications run from the IDE are magnitudes faster that web page based flex app run from the IDE. When testing response times with the COMPILED web based flex app OUTSIDE of the IDE, the difference was noticeable, but negligent. OK, I'll get my head screwed on right today sometime. It appears that its Firefox (3.5.7) that causes the delay. Two test applications with exactly the same code. One is deployed to AIR and the other to a basic webpage, letting FlexBuilder create the html page, etc. SWF running directly in flash player: - Little to no difference, fast AIR app (either in debug mode or not): - Little to no difference, fast SWF running in Internet Explorer 8.0: - Little to no difference, fast FireFox 3.5.7 - Noticeably slower. Everything including server is running local on my computer (3 Gigs of RAM, Vista 32bit) and just to be sure, I disabled all add-ins and plug-ins for Firefox and the result is consistently the same. Using either a URLLoader or HTTPService to pull down xml, Firefox takes a while longer to send the request to the server, once the URLLoader or HTTPService sends methods have been called, than the other methods mentioned above. The server application is my own Delphi/FreePascal based server so I could set a break point on the socket creation line to see exactly when the server received the request from the flex application. With Firefox (as opposed to Air application, Internet Explorer or running the naked swf file in Flash Player) the time it takes for the server to get the request is significantly longer (1.5 secs on average subjective speed) thus providing an overall and significantly longer delay to process the request from click to response. -- Warm Regards, Lee
Re: [flexcoders] HTTPService return times Air vs Flash
On 2/11/10, Lee Jenkins wrote: Everything including server is running local on my computer (3 Gigs of RAM, Vista 32bit) and just to be sure, I disabled all add-ins and plug-ins for Firefox and the result is consistently the same. Using either a URLLoader or HTTPService to pull down xml, Firefox takes a while longer to send the request to the server, once the URLLoader or HTTPService sends methods have been called, than the other methods mentioned above. Did you disable the feature where Firefox checks an online list of reported attack / forgery sites before connecting to a site? Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/
Re: [flexcoders] HTTPService return times Air vs Flash
I've been told that Firefox limits the amount of processor power that the flash player plugin is allowed to use. That may be your problem. Perhaps it also limits network usage/bandwidth. I can't confirm this is true but your results seem to point that direction. FYI, FF 3.6 was recently released. Maybe try that to see if they have done anything under the hood to help flash performance. -Jake On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Lee Jenkins l...@datatrakpos.com wrote: Lee Jenkins wrote: Lee Jenkins wrote: Web based flex applications seem to take magnitudes longer to return a result than do Air based application. I've tried with HTTPService and URLLoader components and it is the same. I've created one small air application and one small web based flex app identical. Air app is almost instantaneous while the web page based app (Firefox) takes noticeably longer. My guess is that browser mechanics (security, etc) is the culprit. Any suggestions or comments? I take this back. My mistake and should have checked it before posting, but the truth is that Air applications run from the IDE are magnitudes faster that web page based flex app run from the IDE. When testing response times with the COMPILED web based flex app OUTSIDE of the IDE, the difference was noticeable, but negligent. OK, I'll get my head screwed on right today sometime. It appears that its Firefox (3.5.7) that causes the delay. Two test applications with exactly the same code. One is deployed to AIR and the other to a basic webpage, letting FlexBuilder create the html page, etc. SWF running directly in flash player: - Little to no difference, fast AIR app (either in debug mode or not): - Little to no difference, fast SWF running in Internet Explorer 8.0: - Little to no difference, fast FireFox 3.5.7 - Noticeably slower. Everything including server is running local on my computer (3 Gigs of RAM, Vista 32bit) and just to be sure, I disabled all add-ins and plug-ins for Firefox and the result is consistently the same. Using either a URLLoader or HTTPService to pull down xml, Firefox takes a while longer to send the request to the server, once the URLLoader or HTTPService sends methods have been called, than the other methods mentioned above. The server application is my own Delphi/FreePascal based server so I could set a break point on the socket creation line to see exactly when the server received the request from the flex application. With Firefox (as opposed to Air application, Internet Explorer or running the naked swf file in Flash Player) the time it takes for the server to get the request is significantly longer (1.5 secs on average subjective speed) thus providing an overall and significantly longer delay to process the request from click to response. -- Warm Regards, Lee
Re: [flexcoders] HTTPService return times Air vs Flash
Jochem van Dieten wrote: On 2/11/10, Lee Jenkins wrote: Everything including server is running local on my computer (3 Gigs of RAM, Vista 32bit) and just to be sure, I disabled all add-ins and plug-ins for Firefox and the result is consistently the same. Using either a URLLoader or HTTPService to pull down xml, Firefox takes a while longer to send the request to the server, once the URLLoader or HTTPService sends methods have been called, than the other methods mentioned above. Did you disable the feature where Firefox checks an online list of reported attack / forgery sites before connecting to a site? Jochem Hi, Yes. Tools Options Security Unchecked: Block Reported Attach Sites Block Reported Web Forgories (and restarted FF) -- Warm Regards, Lee
Re: [flexcoders] Credit Card number encryption
At 09:35 AM 2/11/2010, you wrote: As far as I am aware you aren't allowed to store credit card numbers yourself without a weekly security audit from the card issuer... Do what?! I've never heard of this... If that's the case, then the company I work for has been breaking the law for YEARS! We store CC data (encrypted, of course) in our current database so that if a customer changes their mind, we don't have to reacquire the CC info from them to charge (or refund) their account. In the Flex app that I'm writing, the plan is to continue to do the same thing... And how would the CC issuers (dozens of 'em? Hundreds?) all have the time to audit every company that uses CC info for any purpose whatsoever? Doesn't sound possible to me. Laurence MacNeill Mableton, Georgia, USA
[flexcoders] Re: Credit Card number encryption
You need to make your superiors aware of the PCI Compliance regulations. You're not actually breaking the law, but you may be breaking your contract with your merchant provider. I read all 80+ pages or so of my merchant account contract. Someone at your company should do the same to make sure that your development practices are in compliance. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Laurence MacNeill lmacne...@... wrote: At 09:35 AM 2/11/2010, you wrote: As far as I am aware you aren't allowed to store credit card numbers yourself without a weekly security audit from the card issuer... Do what?! I've never heard of this... If that's the case, then the company I work for has been breaking the law for YEARS! We store CC data (encrypted, of course) in our current database so that if a customer changes their mind, we don't have to reacquire the CC info from them to charge (or refund) their account. In the Flex app that I'm writing, the plan is to continue to do the same thing... And how would the CC issuers (dozens of 'em? Hundreds?) all have the time to audit every company that uses CC info for any purpose whatsoever? Doesn't sound possible to me. Laurence MacNeill Mableton, Georgia, USA
[flexcoders] Clearing datasource for ADG/ArrayCollection/ Getting unwanted Duplicates
Hi--I populate an ADG from a SQLite database. Works great.
But I when I add a record, I want to repopulate the ADG with the data I just
added, so I call the query function again, populate the ArrayCollection with
result.data, and refresh the ADG.
My AC is goalsAC. I tried goalsAC.removeAll(), but that doesn't work (reported
bug, apparently).
Here's the relevant code--you can see I'm trying anything to clear out the
arraycollection. Doesn't do the job:
gc.source=null; //gc is the MXML group collection in the ADG
goalsAC.source=new Array(); //goalsAC is the arraycollection
goalsAC=null;
goalsAC=new ArrayCollection(result.data)//result.data is SQLResults
if (result.data != null)
{var numRows:int = result.data.length;
for (var i:int = 0; i numRows; i++)
{
var row:Object = goalsAC.source[i];
goalsAC.addItem(row); //adding rows from the
}
}
can anyone help? thanks!
[flexcoders] Build UICompenent Widgets, add drag and drop, keep widgets within Panel
Hello all,
I have this panel that I have a button in. I add the ability for the button to
be dragged around the panel, but I don't want the button to be dragged out of
the panel?
Here is my code:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Button;
private function Init():void
{
var b:Button = new Button()
b.label = Testing;
b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,
this.StartDrag);
b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,
this.StopDrag);
this.mePanel.addChild(b);
}
private function StartDrag(e:Event):void
{
e.currentTarget.startDrag();
}
private function StopDrag(e:Event):void
{
e.currentTarget.stopDrag();
}
]]
/mx:Script
mx:Panel id=mePanel width=50% height=50%
creationComplete=Init();
/mx:Panel
/mx:Application
I have done drag and drop before adding items from something to another, but
not sure how to keep it in the same panel.
Thank for the help,
timgerr
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Credit Card number encryption
At 12:51 PM 2/11/2010, you wrote: You need to make your superiors aware of the PCI Compliance regulations. You're not actually breaking the law, but you may be breaking your contract with your merchant provider. I read all 80+ pages or so of my merchant account contract. Someone at your company should do the same to make sure that your development practices are in compliance. I will definitely be bringing this to their attention. Thanks. L.
[flexcoders] A framework to help with busines apps?
Hi, Are there any frameworks/ methods of working/ general thoughts on how to design business applications. By this I mean best practices to load a flex app, show a login screen, display a search screen, get data, show results, double click to view detail form, etc... I realise we can use Cairngorm, MATE, etc for the overall event mamagement but what about defining those events or having a naming convention or approach to follow? Does one exist? My background is 4D DB (www.4d.com) and there are great ways to work and certain events are good for loading data, related data in sub screens. I'm not trying to replacte 4D within Flex because architectural it's different but I guess every developer is faced with similar issues and to overcome the same hurdles and was hoping there are some good practices out there I can follow... Thanks for reading... Nick
Re: [flexcoders] Credit Card number encryption
Laurence MacNeill wrote: At 09:35 AM 2/11/2010, you wrote: As far as I am aware you aren't allowed to store credit card numbers yourself without a weekly security audit from the card issuer... Do what?! I've never heard of this... If that's the case, then the company I work for has been breaking the law for YEARS! We store CC data (encrypted, of course) in our current database so that if a customer changes their mind, we don't have to reacquire the CC info from them to charge (or refund) their account. In the Flex app that I'm writing, the plan is to continue to do the same thing... My understanding is that PCI Compliance is not yet necessary for in-house products. -- Warm Regards, Lee
[flexcoders] Re: LocalConnection has me really confused
Anybody anybody??! I am on mac, and localConnections is not working between flash and air. Connections stay open, and my desktop client doesn't receive a connection from my browser. See, if navigateToURL posted it's params, I wouldn't be here. Any reason why navigateToURL doesn't post variables properly, although the documentation would lead you to believe it does. My use-case requirement is straight forward, you click on a button in my air app, and automatically you are logged into the flash app. Any ideas? What to do? I can't satisfy my requirements until I can get past this hurdle. Thanks, Patrick --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, djhatrick djhatr...@... wrote: Has anybody successfully got air and a flash app in the browser to working? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, djhatrick djhatrick@ wrote: Alex, yes, I did, localConnection has some problems in flash 10, connections stay open, and the api is unreliable at best. Unfortunately, I am trying to bridge air-browser app integration --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui aharui@ wrote: Did you use _ as described here? http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=17_Networking_and_communications_4.html On 1/15/10 3:51 PM, djhatrick djhatrick@ wrote: I can't get localConnection working with flashplayer and the air app. Is this going to be fixed in 10.1. I'm into about 5 hours of trying to make this to work and getting nowhere. I've read about connections staying open, but have yet to send anything successfully between flash and air. Thanks, please fix tomorrow ;P Patrick -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
RE: [flexcoders] TileList performance
Thanks. Where can I download SuperImage? To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com From: aha...@adobe.com Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:10:41 -0800 Subject: Re: [flexcoders] TileList performance Also, if you are scrolling, images will get reloaded and a caching image component like SuperImage can help smooth things out. On 2/10/10 4:03 PM, Philip Smith loudj...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks. We realized we were using massive images (and resizing), performance has increased substantially with the correct image size. To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com From: aha...@adobe.com Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:50:25 -0800 Subject: Re: [flexcoders] TileList performance Use the performance profiler to see where things are taking too much time. Make sure your images are tuned to their display size and embed them if you know what they are going to be. On 2/10/10 11:31 AM, method_air loudj...@hotmail.com http://hotmail.com wrote: Are there any TileList optimization tips? Performance seems slow and choppy even with a small number of images and a fast machine. I would like to utilize this component but the client is currently dissatisfied with it's performance. Do better performing solutions exist (that also utilize the Flex Framework? Thank you, Philip -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui _ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
RE: [flexcoders] TileList performance
Found the link. Thank you. To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com From: loudj...@hotmail.com Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:11:37 + Subject: RE: [flexcoders] TileList performance Thanks. Where can I download SuperImage? To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com From: aha...@adobe.com Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:10:41 -0800 Subject: Re: [flexcoders] TileList performance Also, if you are scrolling, images will get reloaded and a caching image component like SuperImage can help smooth things out. On 2/10/10 4:03 PM, Philip Smith loudj...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks. We realized we were using massive images (and resizing), performance has increased substantially with the correct image size. To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com From: aha...@adobe.com Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:50:25 -0800 Subject: Re: [flexcoders] TileList performance Use the performance profiler to see where things are taking too much time. Make sure your images are tuned to their display size and embed them if you know what they are going to be. On 2/10/10 11:31 AM, method_air loudj...@hotmail.com http://hotmail.com wrote: Are there any TileList optimization tips? Performance seems slow and choppy even with a small number of images and a fast machine. I would like to utilize this component but the client is currently dissatisfied with it's performance. Do better performing solutions exist (that also utilize the Flex Framework? Thank you, Philip -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui Do you want a Hotmail account? Sign-up now - Free _ Got a cool Hotmail story? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
[flexcoders] Re: Credit Card number encryption
That is unequivocally wrong. However, depending what you're doing there are different levels of Compliance. Since you are storing credit cards; I thought you get bumped up to the highest level of compliance. DotComIt ( Flextras ) does a self assessment questionnaire and a quarterly web site scan to remain compliant. We store no CC info. PCI Compliance issues also directed some of our development decisions. For example, credit card info is never displayed to the screen even in receipts. When in memory, it encrypted; I believe using a session specific key. When a purchase is complete the CC info is deleted from memory, thus minimizing the amount of time our server touches the CC info. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Lee Jenkins l...@... wrote: Laurence MacNeill wrote: At 09:35 AM 2/11/2010, you wrote: As far as I am aware you aren't allowed to store credit card numbers yourself without a weekly security audit from the card issuer... Do what?! I've never heard of this... If that's the case, then the company I work for has been breaking the law for YEARS! We store CC data (encrypted, of course) in our current database so that if a customer changes their mind, we don't have to reacquire the CC info from them to charge (or refund) their account. In the Flex app that I'm writing, the plan is to continue to do the same thing... My understanding is that PCI Compliance is not yet necessary for in-house products. -- Warm Regards, Lee
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Credit Card number encryption
Jeff wrote: That is unequivocally wrong. As I said, that was my understanding and it was so when the mandate was first released, but I assume that it was phased out in one of the steps to full PCI/DSS or maybe it is different for web facing models? I'll ask my compliance rep next time I speak with him. Thanks for the heads up. However, depending what you're doing there are different levels of Compliance. Since you are storing credit cards; I thought you get bumped up to the highest level of compliance. DotComIt ( Flextras ) does a self assessment questionnaire and a quarterly web site scan to remain compliant. We store no CC info. PCI Compliance issues also directed some of our development decisions. For example, credit card info is never displayed to the screen even in receipts. When in memory, it encrypted; I believe using a session specific key. When a purchase is complete the CC info is deleted from memory, thus minimizing the amount of time our server touches the CC info. I write point of sale software and with the exception of documentation issues and other issues unrelated to the software itself, it has been functionally compliant well before the mandate was released. That has made our own compliance process easier. Frankly, I could never understand why a developer writing any application like that would not do the minimum steps to secure data. -- Warm Regards, Lee
[flexcoders] Re: Credit Card number encryption
I know the mandates have gotten stricter after they have been released. It sounds like you've been dealing with it longer than I have. Without a doubt a lot of compliance issues have very little to do with coding, but rather relate to administrative type of issues for how data is handled and stored. If you're writing and selling POS software; but not actually using that software itself,your steps to create PCI compliant software will be a lot simpler than the company who buys an uses your software. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Lee Jenkins l...@... wrote: Jeff wrote: That is unequivocally wrong. As I said, that was my understanding and it was so when the mandate was first released, but I assume that it was phased out in one of the steps to full PCI/DSS or maybe it is different for web facing models? I'll ask my compliance rep next time I speak with him. Thanks for the heads up. However, depending what you're doing there are different levels of Compliance. Since you are storing credit cards; I thought you get bumped up to the highest level of compliance. DotComIt ( Flextras ) does a self assessment questionnaire and a quarterly web site scan to remain compliant. We store no CC info. PCI Compliance issues also directed some of our development decisions. For example, credit card info is never displayed to the screen even in receipts. When in memory, it encrypted; I believe using a session specific key. When a purchase is complete the CC info is deleted from memory, thus minimizing the amount of time our server touches the CC info. I write point of sale software and with the exception of documentation issues and other issues unrelated to the software itself, it has been functionally compliant well before the mandate was released. That has made our own compliance process easier. Frankly, I could never understand why a developer writing any application like that would not do the minimum steps to secure data. -- Warm Regards, Lee
[flexcoders] Re: CROSS-DOMAIN POLICY HELP PLEASE!!!
You could try just adding the bin-debug folder to the trusted locations at http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, s_hernandez01 s_hernande...@... wrote: Okay well, thanks everyone for your help, but I got too frustrated with figuring it out so my last resort is just have to upload my php files to the server and call them with a url so I don't get the sandbox error with testing them locally. This sucks that I get the error locally, I hope Flash Builder works this out when released. Thanks again. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui aharui@ wrote: Timing is important, and so is configuration. If you launch the app via file:// then you need the put the folder in the FlashPlayerTrust file(s). If you are launching the app via http:// then you need a crossdomain.xml file on the root of www.MyDomainName.com and make sure it gets loaded before the request for the image. I've never bothered to figure out when you have to use a LoaderContext and when the player will automatically look for crossdomain.xml. It might be documented in the security whitepapers on the Adobe sight On 2/10/10 2:36 PM, s_hernandez01 s_hernandez01@ wrote: Yup tried that and no luck either. I even tried using Security.loadPolicyFile(http://www.MyDomainName.com/crossdomain.xml;); to push it to the flash player since I put the * in the cross domain and still keep getting the error. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Adnan Doric astronaute@ wrote: On 10/02/2010 23:14, s_hernandez01 wrote: Well, I'm using Flex 3 and the sandbox error pops up when I run it from Flex. URL should be file:///something if you want it to work. You can also try to put a * in your crossdomain.xml and start from there if it works. -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
[flexcoders] Re: ArrayCollection, addAll and Refresh
This looks like a bug in the ListCollectionView.as file. If you'd like, you can
monkey patch this code to work.
The bug is at line 529:
this.addItemAt(addList.getItemAt(i), i+index);
should be:
list.addItemAt(addList.getItemAt(i), i+index);
I figured this out from the addItemAt function.
If you don't know how to monkey patch Flex code, this is how I did it:
-Find out the package directory from the package line (In this case
mx.collections).
-Create the directories as per this line (In this case create a directory mx in
your src directory. In this directory create a directory named collections).
-Inside the directory create an ActionScript file with the same name as the
file you are monkey patching (In this case ListCollectionView.as).
-Copy and paste all the code from the original file into this new file.
-Change this new file as you see fit. When Flex compiles your code will be
included instead of the framework code.
You should file a bug with the fix.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, johncch85 john...@... wrote:
I understand that ArrayCollection.addAll was added in flex sdk 3.4. I'm
coding a simple application and I'm hitting this problem. I would like to ask
if anyone knows what's happening:
Here's the source, just a simple mxml:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
creationComplete=creationComplete()
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
private var a:Array = [
{ key: a, value: b },
{ key: a, value: b },
{ key: a, value: x },
{ key: a, value: b }
];
private var b:Array = [
{ key: b, value: c },
{ key: b, value: x },
{ key: b, value: c },
{ key: b, value: c }
];
private var c:Array = [
{ key: d, value: x },
{ key: d, value: e },
{ key: d, value: e },
{ key: d, value: e }
];
[Bindable] public var xx:ArrayCollection = new
ArrayCollection();
public function creationComplete():void {
var i:int;
xx.filterFunction = filter;
xx.addAll(new ArrayCollection(a));
/*for (i = 0; i a.length; i++) {
xx.addItem(a[i]);
}*/
trace(Refresh is + xx.refresh());
xx.addAll(new ArrayCollection(b));
/*for (i = 0; i b.length; i++) {
xx.addItem(b[i]);
}*/
trace(Refresh is + xx.refresh());
xx.addAll(new ArrayCollection(c));
/*for (i = 0; i c.length; i++) {
xx.addItem(c[i]);
}*/
trace(Refresh is + xx.refresh());
}
private function filter(item:*):Boolean {
if (item.value == x) return false;
return true;
}
]]
/mx:Script
mx:DataGrid id=dg dataProvider={xx}/mx:DataGrid
/mx:Application
When I compile and run I get:
RangeError: Index '5' specified is out of bounds.
What I'm doing basically is to add some random array of objects into an
ArrayCollection binded to the DataGrid. And because there is a filter
function associated with the ArrayCollection, I call refresh() every time
something is added. The original use case is that this is like a drop object
method for the datagrid, so it's possible for it to be called multiple times.
I'm just curious why is this happening. Is this the desired behaviour? I'll
look into the source code later when I'm free, but this is just to get a
general feeling of the problem.
[flexcoders] Re: A security question...
Sorry, I have no idea. Maybe someone who uses ColdFusion can chime in here.
Re: [flexcoders] Re: A security question...
On 2/11/10, Laurence MacNeill wrote: So that works for PHP... What if I'm using ColdFusion? Would it be: amfChannel = new AMFChannel(my-secure-amf, https://myserver.com/myappdirectory/cfcs/dao/paymentsDAO.cfc ); mx:RemoteObject destination=ColdFusion id=retrieveData source=nl.prismait.package.CFCName showBusyCursor=true mx:channelSet mx:ChannelSet mx:SecureAMFChannel uri=https://servername/flex2gateway/; / /mx:ChannelSet /mx:channelSet /mx:RemoteObject And in the corresponding services-config.xml: destination id=ColdFusion channels channel ref=my-cfamf-secure/ /channels properties /properties /destination Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/
[flexcoders] Re: ExternalInterface : debugging, DOM, Export Release Build
I make changes in the html-template directory in the file index.template.html in flex 3 these changes do not get overridden when added to the html wrapper, remember to do a clean then build. Randy --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tim Romano tim.rom...@... wrote: My browser-deployed Flex app, built in FB4, is using the ExternalInterface. The Flex app gets some search terms from the user, goes out to a webservice for some data, and then pushes some html markup out to a DIV in the HTML document using the ExternalInterface.call() method. I send the content across the bridge as a parameter to javascript function that appends a child to the target DIV. Nice and simple with the EI. However, I have a couple of questions about the logistics of developing this sort of application in FlashBuilder. When Export Release Build is chosen from the Project menu in FB4, it destroys and recreates the HTML deployment wrapper for the SWF. Is there any way for the developer to provide an HTML document template to FB, marked up with comments/metadata tags, such that only the Adobe browser-sniffing code and SWF-embed code gets overwritten but the rest of the HTML document (the user-portion) remains intact? Also, is it possible to set up a project in FB4 that uses the ExternalInterface, where you can step through code in the debugger and also see pushed content being rendered in the HTML document hosting the SWF? In debug mode it seems not possible to work with your actual HTML host document and its javascript functions-- or am I missing something obvious? I am pretty new to FB and that could easily be the case. Finally, will future versions of the ExternalInterface expose the DOM of the hosting document via ActionScript object wrappers? Thanks
Re: [flexcoders] Build UICompenent Widgets, add drag and drop, keep widgets within Panel
I recently posted a way to constrain drag/drop on my blog
On 2/11/10 10:11 AM, timgerr tgallag...@danati.com wrote:
Hello all,
I have this panel that I have a button in. I add the ability for the button to
be dragged around the panel, but I don't want the button to be dragged out of
the panel?
Here is my code:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Button;
private function Init():void
{
var b:Button = new Button()
b.label = Testing;
b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, this.StartDrag);
b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, this.StopDrag);
this.mePanel.addChild(b);
}
private function StartDrag(e:Event):void
{
e.currentTarget.startDrag();
}
private function StopDrag(e:Event):void
{
e.currentTarget.stopDrag();
}
]]
/mx:Script
mx:Panel id=mePanel width=50% height=50% creationComplete=Init();
/mx:Panel
/mx:Application
I have done drag and drop before adding items from something to another, but
not sure how to keep it in the same panel.
Thank for the help,
timgerr
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe System, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
[flexcoders] Another security question...
With all this talk about security, I figured now was the time to get SSL running on my Windows Server 2003 computer... I'm sure that others here have dealt with this before -- so although it's not specifically a Flex topic, I'd imagine it'd be of interest to enough members that my posting this here won't be totally offensive to everyone. Anyway -- I installed Certificate Services from the Add/Remove Programs on the Control Panel. That seems to have completed successfully. I've completed the steps in IIS to 'request a certificate' -- saved the request to a file on my desktop. Now, the next step is supposed to be going to 'http://localhost/CertSrv' and creating a new certificate from my .txt file that contains the saved request. But when I browse to that page, it says 404 Page Not Found. I've checked all the usual suspects -- IIS shows that CertSrv is a valid page, all the proper .ASP files are in there, ASP services are enabled on my IIS server, at a command prompt 'certutil -vroot' says all the virtual pages and directories are properly installed... I'm just at a complete loss as to why my browser can't find the CertSrv page... Heck -- I even re-booted the computer, just in case that was it. Anyone dealt with this before? Got any tips? Thanks, Laurence MacNeill Mableton, Georgia, USA
Re: [flexcoders] Module Memory Leaks
In Flex 4, styles are “per-module” and thus much less likely to leak. That’s the only change. Everything else is the same. Are you seeing evidence that embedded image assets are leaking? On 2/11/10 4:24 AM, Battershall, Jeff jeff.battersh...@dowjones.com wrote: Getting modules to fully unload has been something I’ve spent (wasted?) a good deal of time on in the past and I’ve just finished reading with great interest, Alex’s article on the subject: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2009/08/what_we_know_about_unloading_m.html My question is – how much of this is resolved in Flex 4? Because if most or all of the issues have been addressed, I’ll simply abandon my Flex 3 development of module-based applications and move to Flex 4 right now, especially given that Flex 4’s release is imminent (early spring?). Of particular concern is the bit in Alex’s article about unloading images and the fact that image assets could be loaded via Stylesheets, etc. Jeff Battershall Application Architect Dow Jones Indexes jeff.battersh...@dowjones.com (609) 520-5637 (p) (484) 477-9900 (c) -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
[flexcoders] FB 4 serial number?
Howdy group, My FB 4 Beta is asking for a serial number . my trial has expired. How do I go about getting one that will last me until it is finally released? Thanks, --Jake
[flexcoders] AdvancedDataGrid Grouping with XML
OK, I have made some progress on this issue but still unable to resolve it completely. It's getting embarrassing already. . . . I am trying to use some XML that I get from an application to feed an advanceddatagrid where I can group the entries. you can see the xml file when viewing the source code at the demo. . . I have a demo with view source here : http://estar.lmsnet.com/lmsdev/testgrouping.html I am trying to group the entries by Category then display the path and file name when the category is expanded. I cannot believe I can't figure this out. I am hoping there are some XML folks out there that can offer some advice . Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. STeveR
[flexcoders] Re: A security question...
Well, yes, you can encrypt in the flex client, but in order to decrypt on the server, you will need to share the *key*. If the decryption key is in the Flex client, then your same man-in-the-middle will be able to obtain your swf, decompile it can find the decryption key; even if you keep the decryption key in the server, a man-in-the-middle can create their own encrypted messages (which may cause you some problems) or have plenty of information to work on reverse engineer (crack) the encryption keys. The value of SSL is that the 'working keys' are exchanged dynamically, inside a carefully constructed tunnel, and with the public-key certificate so you have assurance that your client is talking via a clear channel to your DNS-named server. (assuring that any man-in-the-middle cannot participate in the key exchange; and so cannot decode your transactions) So: if you want *security* versus anything that smells like convenience or slightly lower bandwidth or slightly less computation; then Yes, you will want to build a complete SSL connection. If you really want the rest of your app to not use SSL, that *should* be possible by specifying http: urls for those. I'm not an expert on all the options in the flash/flex runtime or how to configure that, but I can state with complete confidence that there are no good/reliable shortcuts to security; use SSL/TLS.
[flexcoders] Initial sort on computed column
I'm thoroughly confused by the DataGrid sorting stuff.
Is there a recipe for sorting initially on a column which has a computed
value in it?
Some code I inherited is doing this by overriding the dataprovider setter
and calling
if (sortEventCounts value is ArrayCollection
configuration.eventCount) {
ArrayCollection(value).source.sort(eventCountSort,
Array.DESCENDING);
ArrayCollection(value).addEventListener(CollectionEvent.COLLECTION_CHANGE,
function (event:Event=null):void {
ArrayCollection(value).source.sort(eventCountSort,
Array.DESCENDING);
});
}
Possibly unrelated to the above, but when I make some other (computed)
columns sortable (with associated compare functions), I get the dreaded
Find criteria must contain at least one sort field value when I click on
the event count column affected by the above. Removing the explicit sort
above gets rid of this error.
The documentation talks about creating a Sort() object and assigning it to
the ArrayCollection's sort property, but when I tried that (setting its
compare function rather than the fields array) instead of the above, the
column did sort initially, but I still got the error on clicking the column.
Any pointers?
Re: [flexcoders] A security question...
You can and (i think) should do both.
In my world of flex 3, I have created a secure destination (and channel) in the
Flex services-config.xml file and use this for my remote object connection. I
can post it if you like.
Warren Koch
- Original Message -
From: Laurence
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:18 PM
Subject: [flexcoders] A security question...
So, let's say I have a mx:RemoteObject in my program... I want it to
communicate with the server via SSL, or some other method whereby the
credit-card numbers it sends to-and-from the server are encrypted.
Here's how it's structured currently:
mx:RemoteObject id=roPaymentInfo destination=ColdFusion
showBusyCursor=true source={'cfcs.dao.PaymentsDAO'}
mx:method name=getPayments result=roGetPaymentsResultHandler(event)
fault=roFaultHandler(event)/
mx:method name=addPayment result=roAddPaymentResultHandler(event)
fault=roFaultHandler(event)/
/mx:RemoteObject
Do I have to make my entire program secure via an https:// in the URL, or is
there a way to encrypt just that one mx:RemoteObject? If there is a way to
secure just the one object, how is that done?
Thanks,
Laurence MacNeill
Mableton, Georgia, USA
[flexcoders] Re: Clearing datasource for ADG/ArrayCollection/ Getting unwanted Duplicates
bump
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, charliecrystle charlie.crys...@... wrote:
Hi--I populate an ADG from a SQLite database. Works great.
But I when I add a record, I want to repopulate the ADG with the data I just
added, so I call the query function again, populate the ArrayCollection with
result.data, and refresh the ADG.
My AC is goalsAC. I tried goalsAC.removeAll(), but that doesn't work
(reported bug, apparently).
Here's the relevant code--you can see I'm trying anything to clear out the
arraycollection. Doesn't do the job:
gc.source=null; //gc is the MXML group collection in the ADG
goalsAC.source=new Array(); //goalsAC is the arraycollection
goalsAC=null;
goalsAC=new ArrayCollection(result.data)//result.data is SQLResults
if (result.data != null)
{var numRows:int = result.data.length;
for (var i:int = 0; i numRows; i++)
{
var row:Object = goalsAC.source[i];
goalsAC.addItem(row); //adding rows from the
}
}
can anyone help? thanks!
[flexcoders] Re: Best practices regarding XML to VO conversion
Here is how I convert XML from a SOAP web service into a VO.
The VO Class:
package vo
{
[Bindable]
public class Product
{
public var ID:String;
public var Category:String;
public var Price:String;
public var Name:String;
public function
Product(_ID:String,_Category:String,_Price:String,_Name:String)
{
this.ID=_ID;
this.Category=_Category;
this.Price=_Price;
this.Name=_Name;
}
}
}
The web service result handler and namespace stripper:
private function wsProductsResult(event:ResultEvent):void
{
var xmlResult:XMLList = event.result as XMLList;
var xmlSource:String = xmlResult.toString();
//Strip namespace
xmlSource = xmlSource.replace(/[^!?]?[^]+?/g, removeNamspaces);
xmlResult = XMLList(xmlSource);
//wrap XMLList in XMLListCollection
var productsXmlc:XMLListCollection = new
XMLListCollection(xmlResult.children());
var productsAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
//Cast xml element items into array of value objects
for(var i:int=0;iproductsXmlc.length;i++)
{
var productTemp:Product = new Product(
productsXmlc.getItemAt(i)..ID,
productsXmlc.getItemAt(i)..Category,
productsXmlc.getItemAt(i)..Price,
productsXmlc.getItemAt(i)..Name);
productsAC.addItem(productTemp);
}
//Bind ArrayCollection to Custom Component
dgProducts.dg.dataProvider=productsAC;
}
public function removeNamspaces(...rest):String
{
rest[0] = rest[0].replace(/xmlns[^]+\[^]+\/g, );
var attrs:Array = rest[0].match(/\[^]*\/g);
rest[0] = rest[0].replace(/\[^]*\/g, %attribute value%);
rest[0] = rest[0].replace(/(\/?|\s)\w+\:/g, $1);
while (rest[0].indexOf(%attribute value%) 0)
{
rest[0] = rest[0].replace(%attribute value%, attrs.shift());
}
return rest[0];
}
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, W.R. de Boer w...@... wrote:
Hello,
I am having a question what the best approach is to convert existing XML data
to a object graph of value objects. I have spend quite some time to fix a
memory leak in my existing parsing practice and I am curious how others solve
this problem.
My common approach is to create a class such as EventReader and
EventItemReader class which is responsible for the parsing of the specific
XML element and return the appropriate value object. But somehow this code is
leaking like a mad dog (200kb per time) while the XML file is only 16kb. Now
I have currently rewritten it so that just using simple strong typed objects.
But I would love to find out what I am doing wrong in my current approach and
how to solve it. Because it makes it easier to reuse the parsing code/logic.
For example, normally, I use the approach of creating a public class with a
few public variables like this:
public class EventItemVO {
public var eventDate: Date;
public var eventName: String;
public var location: String;
}
and then I am having code like this to parse it:
try {
var xml: XML = new XML( loaderContent );
var parser: EventItemXMLReader = new EventItemXMLReader( xml );
parser.parse();
} catch (e: Error) {
trace(Error occured while parsing);
} finally {
parser = null;
xml = null;
}
in the EventItemXMLReader-class I then return an instance of the
EventItemVO-class
Somehow this leaks and while I do the same stuff in the onComplete-handler of
the Loader and do:
array.push( {eventDate:date, eventName:name, location:location} );
The memory leak disappears. I would expect their is some reference kept alive
but I am having a hard-time finding the reference which keeps it from garbage
collecting it all.
How do you parse XML and convert it in value objects?
Yours,
Weyert de Boer
Re: [flexcoders] Initial sort on computed column
Also assign the sortCompareFunction to the column.
On 2/11/10 5:07 PM, Richard Rodseth rrods...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm thoroughly confused by the DataGrid sorting stuff.
Is there a recipe for sorting initially on a column which has a computed value
in it?
Some code I inherited is doing this by overriding the dataprovider setter and
calling
if (sortEventCounts value is ArrayCollection
configuration.eventCount) {
ArrayCollection(value).source.sort(eventCountSort,
Array.DESCENDING);
ArrayCollection(value).addEventListener(CollectionEvent.COLLECTION_CHANGE,
function (event:Event=null):void {
ArrayCollection(value).source.sort(eventCountSort,
Array.DESCENDING);
});
}
Possibly unrelated to the above, but when I make some other (computed) columns
sortable (with associated compare functions), I get the dreaded
Find criteria must contain at least one sort field value when I click on the
event count column affected by the above. Removing the explicit sort above gets
rid of this error.
The documentation talks about creating a Sort() object and assigning it to the
ArrayCollection's sort property, but when I tried that (setting its compare
function rather than the fields array) instead of the above, the column did
sort initially, but I still got the error on clicking the column.
Any pointers?
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe System, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
Re: [flexcoders] Initial sort on computed column
It is.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Alex Harui aha...@adobe.com wrote:
Also assign the sortCompareFunction to the column.
On 2/11/10 5:07 PM, Richard Rodseth rrods...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm thoroughly confused by the DataGrid sorting stuff.
Is there a recipe for sorting initially on a column which has a
computed value in it?
Some code I inherited is doing this by overriding the dataprovider
setter and calling
if (sortEventCounts value is ArrayCollection
configuration.eventCount) {
ArrayCollection(value).source.sort
(eventCountSort, Array.DESCENDING);
ArrayCollection(value).addEventListener
(CollectionEvent.COLLECTION_CHANGE, function (event:Event=null):void {
ArrayCollection(value).source.sort
(eventCountSort, Array.DESCENDING);
});
}
Possibly unrelated to the above, but when I make some other
(computed) columns sortable (with associated compare functions), I
get the dreaded
Find criteria must contain at least one sort field value when I
click on the event count column affected by the above. Removing the
explicit sort above gets rid of this error.
The documentation talks about creating a Sort() object and assigning
it to the ArrayCollection's sort property, but when I tried that
(setting its compare function rather than the fields array) instead
of the above, the column did sort initially, but I still got the
error on clicking the column.
Any pointers?
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe System, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
Re: [SPAM] [flexcoders] Animating items in a tilelist when filtering arraycollection
hi Valdhor i sent the self contained app to your email. hope you got it.
Re: [flexcoders] Initial sort on computed column
I also noticed your code snippet did not call refresh()
On 2/11/10 9:32 PM, Richard Rodseth rrods...@gmail.com wrote:
It is.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Alex Harui aha...@adobe.com wrote:
Also assign the sortCompareFunction to the column.
On 2/11/10 5:07 PM, Richard Rodseth rrods...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm thoroughly confused by the DataGrid sorting stuff.
Is there a recipe for sorting initially on a column which has a computed value
in it?
Some code I inherited is doing this by overriding the dataprovider setter and
calling
if (sortEventCounts value is ArrayCollection
configuration.eventCount) {
ArrayCollection(value).source.sort(eventCountSort,
Array.DESCENDING);
ArrayCollection(value).addEventListener(CollectionEvent.COLLECTION_CHANGE,
function (event:Event=null):void {
ArrayCollection(value).source.sort(eventCountSort,
Array.DESCENDING);
});
}
Possibly unrelated to the above, but when I make some other (computed) columns
sortable (with associated compare functions), I get the dreaded
Find criteria must contain at least one sort field value when I click on the
event count column affected by the above. Removing the explicit sort above gets
rid of this error.
The documentation talks about creating a Sort() object and assigning it to the
ArrayCollection's sort property, but when I tried that (setting its compare
function rather than the fields array) instead of the above, the column did
sort initially, but I still got the error on clicking the column.
Any pointers?
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe System, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
